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[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[And, this is a very non-canon Shinichi, to be seen floating cross-legged with his eyes shut in the middle of the lobby.  If you've seen the Star Wars prequels, you might recognise the brown Jedi robes and leather tunic as being padawan wear, and most notably for his rank, the braid that hung down over his shoulder onto his front.

After just a moment hovering there, he opens his eyes with a snap and falls to the floor with a rather undignified thump.  He's starting to look worried.]

Stars, it's as though everyone just... disappeared.  [Cue pacing around, not really taking anything in, but he's still talking to uh, himself.  Or the Force.  Take your pick.  You might also be able to recognise the familiar-looking metal cylinder bumping against his leg.]  Of course, I didn't feel them die, they simply vanished, not... and aside from that, I can feel a whole load of people here, too...

(ooc: This is a free verse, so feel free to play around in the sandbox - I'm still testing it out, and I what I write up here and in the character journal are mostly all I've got on it.  Have fun~)

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[changedling.livejournal.com]

[Even the most patient of odd children gets hungry eventually, and Conan has given up his vigil outside Ran's door to go in search of food. Coming down the stairs quietly he is treated to a sight strange by anyone's standards.

Ironic that the person most obviously a spirit would also be the first person -- bar Ran -- that Conan's seen dressed anything like a normal person. He pauses at the bottom of the stairs, wondering whether to approach the other -- who looks strangely familiar in a way he can't place yet -- or sneak away. Before he can make a decision, his stomach makes one for him -- by growling loudly.]

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[Shinichi had felt the boy coming in the Force, but the feeling he got from the boy was an odd one. Almost as though it could have been an echo. But weird feelings from the Force or not, it was still just a boy. He stopped pacing, and turned to face Conan with a bright smile on his face.]

Hungry are you, youngling? I'm afraid I don't know where they keep the food here, but maybe we should try and find it together, hm?

[...totally treating Conan as a real little kid. He doesn't know any better.]

[changedling.livejournal.com]

[... Ironically, neither does this Conan.]

[The voice sounds different somehow -- though how he knows it sounds different is something that Conan is trying not to think about. Food on the other hand ...]

Is that really all right?

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[That difference might be because to him, he's speaking Basic. The Mansion's handily translating, though.

He smiles again, and straightens.]

I don't feel anything Dark in here, and it would be poor hosts indeed who wouldn't let a hungry child find something to eat. And I'll speak in your defence if they do.

[Even as just a padawan, he was respected well enough by most people that just his word would be enough.]

[changedling.livejournal.com]

[The fact that he's never heard his own voice on someone else might also have something to do with it -- not that Conan's got any idea of that. Interestingly enough, the speech patterns seem reassuringly normal and Conan answers after only a moment's hesitation.]

Don't trouble yourself on my part. I do not fear spirits; only their tricks. If there is trouble, I will share in it.

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[Shinichi frowned slightly. Not much, but...]

You're only a child. I may only be a padawan, but I know how to deal with trouble. [He pats his 'saber with a hopefully reassuring smile on his face.]

[changedling.livejournal.com]

[Conan blinks.] I do not know padawan.

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[And because he's just plain used to the fact of Jedi in the galaxy, Shinichi mirrors his blink.] The rank of Padawan is that of someone who has been chosen by a Knight or Master to be trained in the use of the Force. It is much akin to an apprentice on any world where people get by without the aid of the Force.

[changedling.livejournal.com]

Ah. [Apprentice he knows.] I would be apprentice to Araide-sensei if I were older, but I am not.

[Pause.] What do you mean by force?

[ran-of-steel.livejournal.com]

I saw that! You were definitely floating! [Ran is estatic, beaming as she approaches Shinichi, clearly extremely excited.]

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

Was. [Grumpy. He recognises her voice, knows that face, but her Force-signature is different. Not very much, but all the same. Not to mention the fact that her clothes are all wrong.] I was floating. All things are possible when dealing with the Force, miss.

[ran-of-steel.livejournal.com]

[Ran recognises the grumpiness, but attributes it to entirely the wrong cause.] It's all right! You don't have to worry about people freaking out about it. Well, they will, but it's all right. We're all different here.

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[Blinks. She's kind of caught him off guard, there.]

Why would anyone freak out about a Jedi using the Force? The Jedi are the peace keepers of the galaxy. [A hand rises to his neck, a sign of very slight embarrassment.] Besides, I was only meditating. And not very well...

[ran-of-steel.livejournal.com]

[If it gives Shinichi any satisfaction, he's just returned the favour. Ran is confused.]

Well, for a start I don't know what you mean by Jedi or Force and for another ... anyone might think you were flying. [The last word sounds distinctly wistful.]

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

...You really don't know what I'm talking about, do you? [He can sense it through the Force - she's telling the truth.] It's ... I'll admit that it's weird to think about somewhere that there aren't any Jedi.

[A smile as he shakes his head.] No, no flying without something to pilot. We can hover, and jump further and higher than those without access to the Force, but no flying, I'm afraid.

[ran-of-steel.livejournal.com]

[Ran shakes her head in response to Shinichi's question, listening to his explanation. Her disappointment is palpable.]

... oh.

[It takes her a moment to shake it off.]

You called me 'Miss' before. Does that mean I need to introduce myself?

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

I apologise if I'm not what you expected, miss - and I'm afraid we've only met once or twice before. [He bows, jedi-style.] I am Jedi Padawan Shinichi Kudo. My Master, Sae Tu, is sadly not here.

[Waiting patiently for her to reply. He thinks he knows her, but if she didn't know who he was, or even about Jedi or the Force, then... he might not.

That twinge of disappointment just now at the thought will go ignored.]

[believe_in_legend]

[...Well, that's a new one. Aoko's seen a lot of strange things since coming to the Mansion, but a floating Kudo is not one of them. She ventures down the staircase with her hands folded behind her back, dressed in a sleeveless turtleneck and short khaki cargo shorts, her gun and knife strapped to her waist-and-thigh holster and her metal bo staff strapped to her back. If the scuffed and well-cared for state of the weapons didn't speak for how often they were used, the wired and toned shape she was in probably would. She's well-built even for her early twenties]

Kudo-san?

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

Ah! [He's half alerted to her presence, but he doesn't recognise her at all. His hand's now resting on the hilt of his lightsaber, but not doing anything, just being wary.] You know me?

[believe_in_legend]

Well, I know a you...

[She keeps her posture non-threatening, eyeing the lightsaber with interest. It just looks like an empty canister, but the way his hand went to it...]

I'm Nakamori Aoko.

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[Well, he didn't feel anything threatening coming from her either, so he sheepishly drew his hand away from his weapon and bowed.]

I apologise. It is good to meet you then, miss. I am Jedi Padawan Shinichi Kudo... although it seems that you already know of me.

[believe_in_legend]

[Fortunately (or unfortunately) for Shinichi, Aoko is not a Star Wars buff. Kaito would probably be aghast]

Jedi... that sounds familiar. [she shrugs it off and bows in return] It's nice to meet you, Kudo-san. Did you just get here?

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[But at least she's heard of Star Wars. Maybe Shinichi can accidentally jog her memory somehow? Anyway, he smiles.]

I certainly appear to not be where I was, yes.

[believe_in_legend]

[possibly! Aoko smiles apologetically; she knows how confusing it's about to get for him]

That's because we're in a Mansion between dimensions that brings in different versions of us and people we know from different worlds.

[Of course, that doesn't stop her from stating it completely matter-of-factly]

[jedi-shinichi.livejournal.com]

[All right, that makes him blink.]

...Certainly matches up with what I've been able to sense so far. So I take it that you know a version of me in a... different world?

[Planets, he's used to. Worlds, as in 'different dimensions and parallel timelines', not so much. But he can feel some of the various people around the place, and most of them feel familiar.]